Solidarity Alliance
@solidarityalliance.bsky.social
A meeting place for progressive organizing - where activists, workers, and movement builders work together to strategize, change policy, win elections, provide mutual aid, and learn from each other.
We organize. We fight. We win.
We organize. We fight. We win.
Like ‘No Other Land’, this doc does not have a US distributor. What are these bastions of free speech so afraid of? Knowledge?
A German doc opens with terrorist POV footage from white supremacist massacres.
It had to premiere overseas—because no U.S. network would touch it.
My essay on World White Hate is now co-published via Blue Amp with @cliffschecter.bsky.social:
🔗 www.blueamp.co/p/when-we-ne...
It had to premiere overseas—because no U.S. network would touch it.
My essay on World White Hate is now co-published via Blue Amp with @cliffschecter.bsky.social:
🔗 www.blueamp.co/p/when-we-ne...
When we Need Germany to Teach us About our Nazi Problem
🎵 I could see all the people in this whole wide world. That's the union that'll tear the fascists down, down, down. The union that'll tear the fascists down - Woody Guthrie, "Tear The Fascists Down"
www.blueamp.co
July 31, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Like ‘No Other Land’, this doc does not have a US distributor. What are these bastions of free speech so afraid of? Knowledge?
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@runforsomething.net and be true to yourself. When someone tries to tell you that purity tests are bad, ask them specifically what you should compromise on.
Generational change is coming: Since Zohran Mamdani won on Tuesday night, more than 1100 young people have reached out to @runforsomething.net to explore a run for local office -- one of our biggest spikes of the year yet.
June 27, 2025 at 1:50 AM
@runforsomething.net and be true to yourself. When someone tries to tell you that purity tests are bad, ask them specifically what you should compromise on.
Organizing 101. Get involved, if not in NYC, then in your library, or school district, or county board. There are so many beautiful, bright, empathetic, passionate Americans who actually want the best for all Americans, not just the ones who already have power and wealth.
The greatest tool working people have to win dignity, power and respect is organizing.
So proud to stand with labor as your Democratic nominee for Mayor of New York City.
So proud to stand with labor as your Democratic nominee for Mayor of New York City.
July 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Organizing 101. Get involved, if not in NYC, then in your library, or school district, or county board. There are so many beautiful, bright, empathetic, passionate Americans who actually want the best for all Americans, not just the ones who already have power and wealth.
@runforsomething.net and be true to yourself. When someone tries to tell you that purity tests are bad, ask them specifically what you should compromise on.
Generational change is coming: Since Zohran Mamdani won on Tuesday night, more than 1100 young people have reached out to @runforsomething.net to explore a run for local office -- one of our biggest spikes of the year yet.
June 27, 2025 at 1:50 AM
@runforsomething.net and be true to yourself. When someone tries to tell you that purity tests are bad, ask them specifically what you should compromise on.
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Mobile Phone Security for Activists and Agitators - Hakan Geijer
"Your phone is a snitch." This guide describes OpSec (operational security) practices and the internal security culture used to counter disruptions to our efforts to organize. #ProtestSafety opsec.riotmedicine.net/static/downl...
"Your phone is a snitch." This guide describes OpSec (operational security) practices and the internal security culture used to counter disruptions to our efforts to organize. #ProtestSafety opsec.riotmedicine.net/static/downl...
March 15, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Mobile Phone Security for Activists and Agitators - Hakan Geijer
"Your phone is a snitch." This guide describes OpSec (operational security) practices and the internal security culture used to counter disruptions to our efforts to organize. #ProtestSafety opsec.riotmedicine.net/static/downl...
"Your phone is a snitch." This guide describes OpSec (operational security) practices and the internal security culture used to counter disruptions to our efforts to organize. #ProtestSafety opsec.riotmedicine.net/static/downl...
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Riot Medicine - Geijer Hakan
Even without a police presence, participants & supporters will need medical assistance. Consider becoming a Riot Medic.
Available on RiotMedicine.net
- Textbook
- Field Guide (English/Spanish)
- Bridge Guide
- Street Medics' Checklist
- Basic First Aid for Emergencies
Even without a police presence, participants & supporters will need medical assistance. Consider becoming a Riot Medic.
Available on RiotMedicine.net
- Textbook
- Field Guide (English/Spanish)
- Bridge Guide
- Street Medics' Checklist
- Basic First Aid for Emergencies
March 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Riot Medicine - Geijer Hakan
Even without a police presence, participants & supporters will need medical assistance. Consider becoming a Riot Medic.
Available on RiotMedicine.net
- Textbook
- Field Guide (English/Spanish)
- Bridge Guide
- Street Medics' Checklist
- Basic First Aid for Emergencies
Even without a police presence, participants & supporters will need medical assistance. Consider becoming a Riot Medic.
Available on RiotMedicine.net
- Textbook
- Field Guide (English/Spanish)
- Bridge Guide
- Street Medics' Checklist
- Basic First Aid for Emergencies
Time to Take Action!
I wrote about the confusion created by disgruntled voters who believe that voting is enough, and the trouble many have visualizing an alternative. Fear, frustration, and the work of those who came before us are not an excuse to promote inaction or resignation. prismreports.org/2025/06/03/i...
Another way out: Fighting back against inaction
Revolutionary change is not ordered like a meal or some product online. It is fought long and hard and won through persistent struggle
prismreports.org
June 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Time to Take Action!
Listening now!
I talked with @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social about protest, why large “awareness-raising” events will not defeat Trump, and the kind of actions and formations we need in these times.
Awareness Protests Won’t Threaten the Richest, Most Well-Armed People on Earth
“Making durable changes isn’t always about the raw numbers,” says Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò.
truthout.org
May 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Listening now!
Mutual aid is so important!
Here Kali Akuno of @coopjax.bsky.social on @redneckgonegreen.bsky.social discussing the importance of #mutualaid and #organizing in times of #crisis! More on our @youtube channel! #educate #agitate #organize @democracyatwork.bsky.social #democracyatwork
May 26, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Mutual aid is so important!
This one is new to me! Kennedy Center anyone?
#OtD 21 May 1941 a strike began of actors in Norway after 6 actors (inc pictured) were sacked for refusing to do radio work for the Nazis. The strike shut all theatres in Oslo, Bergen and Trondheim and lasted 5 weeks despite Gestapo repression stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9415...
May 21, 2025 at 7:18 AM
This one is new to me! Kennedy Center anyone?
I love this source so much. Listen to the podcast in the car with your kids. Normalize strikes, unions, solidarity, and mutual aid.
#OtD 21 May 1946 the US government took over the bituminous coal mines to try to break a six-week miners' strike. The miners held out, forcing the govt to grant workers' demands which had been unacceptable to the operators. More info in this book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
May 21, 2025 at 7:12 AM
I love this source so much. Listen to the podcast in the car with your kids. Normalize strikes, unions, solidarity, and mutual aid.
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#OtD 21 May 1980 hundreds gathered in Gwangju, S Korea, and organised themselves into a citizens' militia to combat the troops of the dictatorship after an uprising on May 18. They seized weapons and liberated the city by the next day. More in our pod: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e53-...
May 21, 2025 at 6:55 AM
#OtD 21 May 1980 hundreds gathered in Gwangju, S Korea, and organised themselves into a citizens' militia to combat the troops of the dictatorship after an uprising on May 18. They seized weapons and liberated the city by the next day. More in our pod: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e53-...
This too.
a lot of people have also liked this
spencersunshine.com/2025/01/27/g...
spencersunshine.com/2025/01/27/g...
A Guide to Guides: Over 30 Activist Guides You Might Find Helpful When Opposing the Far Right
In my varied career, one thing I’ve done is write some organizing guides. The most (in)famous is my 40 Ways to Fight Fascists: Street-Legal Tactics for Community Activists, but I’ve done othe…
spencersunshine.com
May 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
This too.
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If you’ve just followed me, you might want to take a look at my organizing guide which gives 40 concrete, practical suggestions on how to legally organize against fascists in our communities. There’s something for people of all identities and abilities in here.
spencersunshine.com/2020/08/27/f...
spencersunshine.com/2020/08/27/f...
“40 Ways to Fight Fascists: Street-Legal Tactics for Community Activists”
Exciting news! In conjunction with Portland, Oregon’s PopMob, the new edition of 40 Ways to Fight Fascists: Street-Legal Tactics for Community Activists is now out. It’s a completely re…
spencersunshine.com
May 18, 2025 at 2:50 AM
If you’ve just followed me, you might want to take a look at my organizing guide which gives 40 concrete, practical suggestions on how to legally organize against fascists in our communities. There’s something for people of all identities and abilities in here.
spencersunshine.com/2020/08/27/f...
spencersunshine.com/2020/08/27/f...
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🪧📯 HEAR ALL THE CAR HORNS! At Sunday's #HandsAcrossChicagoland, 18,000 people lined the streets between Illinois's 2 largest cities: Chicago & Aurora. People demanded an end to tyranny, cruelty, policies that kill people, devastating cuts in government services that will affect us all. #NoDictators
May 19, 2025 at 3:55 AM
🪧📯 HEAR ALL THE CAR HORNS! At Sunday's #HandsAcrossChicagoland, 18,000 people lined the streets between Illinois's 2 largest cities: Chicago & Aurora. People demanded an end to tyranny, cruelty, policies that kill people, devastating cuts in government services that will affect us all. #NoDictators
It always comes down to solidarity.
We keep us safe.
We keep us safe.
This week's episode of Movement Memos is for activists and organizers who need to think about safety and security planning during these times (and that's all of us). I am grateful to Che Johnson-Long for this thoughtful, caring, and practical conversation. Audio + transcript:
We Live in Fearful Times. Our Safety Comes Through Preparing Together.
“Now is the time to be bold and audacious,” says community safety organizer Che Johnson-Long.
truthout.org
May 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
It always comes down to solidarity.
We keep us safe.
We keep us safe.
Stay active! Stay motivated! Everything helps.
There are things every one of us can do in our daily lives to help ensure free and fair elections — and, in doing so, limit Trump’s power. Some actions are small — so small that you might dismiss them as unimportant. Don’t. Every important journey begins with a single step.
We Have More Power Than Trump Wants Us To Believe — Here's What You Can Do
From Marc | Here is a list of what each of us can do to stand up for democracy and defend our elections.
www.democracydocket.com
May 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Stay active! Stay motivated! Everything helps.
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“A good organizer is a social arsonist who goes around setting people on fire.”
The Indispensability of the Labor Organizer
Why the work of the 2025 Labor Organizers of the Year is so critical.
inthesetimes.com
May 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
“A good organizer is a social arsonist who goes around setting people on fire.”
Happy May Day, Comrades! 🌹
"...for protests to succeed, they must be backed by movements with the ability to promise to withhold—labor, debt payments, rent payments, or consumer support—and to follow through if demands aren’t met."
Glad to have gotten the opportunity to push this line in Time
time.com/collections/...
Glad to have gotten the opportunity to push this line in Time
time.com/collections/...
Why Protests Should Be Promises
Modern movements that aim to advance racial equity should withhold and promise, rather than perform, writes Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò
time.com
May 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Happy May Day, Comrades! 🌹
All of us need to show up. Be sure to follow safe protesting practices.
50,000+ LA County workers went on strike and took to the streets.
This is what people power looks like. May Day’s gonna be fire.
www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/l...
This is what people power looks like. May Day’s gonna be fire.
www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/l...
Los Angeles County workers march in downtown LA as part of 2-day strike
More than 50,000 Los Angeles County workers were on strike again Tuesday, closing libraries and disrupting administrative operations in the nation’s most populous county and organizing a large march i...
www.nbclosangeles.com
April 30, 2025 at 5:01 AM
All of us need to show up. Be sure to follow safe protesting practices.
This is why #MutualAid is essential in every community. Volunteer, find your people, do anything.
I'm particularly worried about immigrant families who need help but stay away from food pantry events out of fear of ICE showing up.
Watching food banks announce shortages, journalists reporting soon-to-be-empty grocery store shelves, farm workers being deported, likely SNAP cuts, and USDA no longer safely inspecting much of our food, I'm worried we are about to see millions of hungry Americans. How can we feed them?
April 29, 2025 at 9:19 AM
This is why #MutualAid is essential in every community. Volunteer, find your people, do anything.
Report for duty! We can do this!
Folks, please read this document about in-person strike card commitments if you’re concerned about the digital version!
It’s not us (GSUS) who is leading this, it’s ALL of us. The only way this works is if people jump in and get to work.
tinyurl.com/InPersonStri...
It’s not us (GSUS) who is leading this, it’s ALL of us. The only way this works is if people jump in and get to work.
tinyurl.com/InPersonStri...
April 29, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Report for duty! We can do this!
Everyone has a right to protest.
The 1st Amendment protects free speech & the right to demonstrate. Learn how this applies to federal scientists who wish to speak out with a guide we created with our friends at @aclu.org: Know Your Rights: Scientific Activism & Protests. www.csldf.org/resource/kno...
Know Your Rights: Scientific Activism and Protests - Climate Science Legal Defense Fund
How researchers can safely and effectively participate in protests and marches.
www.csldf.org
April 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Everyone has a right to protest.
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“It is not that America lacks courage. It is just that we’ve become so cut off from one another - so atomized and isolated - that many of us feel alone. That loneliness makes us feel vulnerable and fearful.”
A strike requires community. People to rely on. It seems hard now, but we WILL get there.
A strike requires community. People to rely on. It seems hard now, but we WILL get there.
The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased. Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power. Without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-69d
April 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
“It is not that America lacks courage. It is just that we’ve become so cut off from one another - so atomized and isolated - that many of us feel alone. That loneliness makes us feel vulnerable and fearful.”
A strike requires community. People to rely on. It seems hard now, but we WILL get there.
A strike requires community. People to rely on. It seems hard now, but we WILL get there.